Liftouts

trueThe duo soon to be at the helm of global money manager Royal Bank of Canada Global Asset Management Inc. will draw further on past acquisitions as they look to increase the firm's footprint internationally — and in the U.S. in particular.

trueJ.P. Morgan Asset Management acquired Aviva Investors' Asia-Pacific real estate business and is taking on the entire 16-person team from Aviva and $1.2 billion of diversified assets in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore.

trueNikko Asset Management created a global equities team with the hire of six investment professionals from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, said Yu-Ming Wang, deputy president, global head of investment and international chief investment officer at the firm.